You are another year older and another grey hair on the head. It is not all bad news though as some things get better with age. Take for example your car insurance. If you are over 22 and have a full license then you are probably much better off now with AXA insurance. Chances are that you now have a ‘Drivers of Other Cars’ policy extension included.

For the majority of older AXA customers, they are covered with car insurance while driving other people’s cars. If you get permission off the other car owner then you will be covered by 3rd party car insurance while driving that car. You get this cover without actually being a named driver on the owner’s insurance policy. This is a great deal for older drivers.

The ‘Driving of Other Cars’ extension is a valuable thing to have. Just imagine yourself in the following situation: You and 2 friends have decided to drive to the coast this weekend for some surfing. Instead of taking 3 cars your friend offers to drive everyone down. The weekend is might craic but your friend had 1 or 5 drinks too many and is now over the limit and too sick to drive anyway. What do you do now? If you have AXA’s ‘Driving of Other Cars’ extension then you are cobered to jump into the driver’s seat and drive everyone home safe in the knowledge that you are covered by third party insurance.

This cover only applies if you don’t own the car or haven’t hired it under a hire-purchase agreement. The easiest way to check if you have this cover is to have a look at your certificate of insurance – the covers you have are shown in Section 5(b).

Of course, it’s important to understand some of the things the ‘Driving of Other Cars’ extension does not cover. It only applies to private passenger vehicles, and does not cover you to drive – vans, car-vans, jeep type vehicles with no seats in the back, vans adapted to carry passengers

When you’ve been with AXA for 3 years with comprehensive cover, we will upgrade your Third Party “Driving of Other Cars” cover to Comprehensive “Driving of Other Cars” cover at no extra cost. This means we will cover you to drive someone else’s car on a comprehensive basis, so if you accidentally damage the car, the damage is covered. No other insurance company in Ireland offer this type of cover to customers.

AXA car insurance Ireland provide lower insurance quotes for older drivers. Get your auto insurance from AXA today.